Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Declining Biodiversity Threatens Food Security

Globally, biodiversity for food and agriculture is in decline. This poses a serious risk to global food security and makes agriculture less resilient to climate change, pests and diseases. We need more sustainable food production systems to better conserve and sustainably use biodiversity. New challenges like the digitalisation of genetic information must be addressed.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop diversity
PublisherWelthungerhilfe
Publication year2021
RegionsGlobal
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.welthungerhilfe.org/news/latest-articles/2021/the-loss-of-biodiversity-threatens-world-food-security/
KeywordsAgricultural biodiversity; Food security; Plant breeding